CVE-2021-44960

Publication date 15 February 2022

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In SVGPP SVG++ library 1.3.0, the XMLDocument::getRoot function in the renderDocument function handled the XMLDocument object improperly, returning a null pointer in advance at the second if, resulting in a null pointer reference behind the renderDocument function.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
svgpp	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.04.1
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.2.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu1+esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support

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Notes

elvric

Only affects the demo

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6178-1
SVG++ library vulnerabilities
19 June 2023